Maya Lombardi

Creative Strategy Editor

Maya examines hooks, concepts, mechanics, and iteration systems. Her work asks how teams can increase creative range without losing production discipline.

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Loom Games at $1B: Pixel Flow and the new price of a breakout puzzle

creative strategy

market intelligence

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4 min read

Loom Games at $1B: Pixel Flow and the new price of a breakout puzzle

The creative testing statistics most teams get wrong

creative strategy

measurement

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6 min read

The creative testing statistics most teams get wrong

Disclosing AI-made creative: the rules so far

creative strategy

platforms

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4 min read

Disclosing AI-made creative: the rules so far

Mattel163 Buyout: What It Means for Licensed-IP UA

creative strategy

market intelligence

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6 min read

Mattel163 Buyout: What It Means for Licensed-IP UA

The first two seconds are a thumbnail problem

creative strategy

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6 min read

The first two seconds are a thumbnail problem

Creative diversity is a portfolio risk decision

creative strategy

media buying

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7 min read

Creative diversity is a portfolio risk decision

Sort Puzzle Subgenre: How a New Genre Finds Its Hook

creative strategy

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6 min read

Sort Puzzle Subgenre: How a New Genre Finds Its Hook

The creative brief is a hypothesis document

creative strategy

measurement

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6 min read

The creative brief is a hypothesis document

Why UGC-style ads decay faster than produced ones

creative strategy

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5 min read

Why UGC-style ads decay faster than produced ones

Why players lie in surveys, and what their session data says instead

creative strategy

measurement

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3 min read

Why players lie in surveys, and what their session data says instead

TikTok for games: beyond Spark Ads

creative strategy

media buying

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4 min read

TikTok for games: beyond Spark Ads

Sustaining a Live Mobile Franchise: Past Year Ten

creative strategy

market intelligence

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6 min read

Sustaining a Live Mobile Franchise: Past Year Ten